‘Nick From Home’ Livestream #59 - Native American Geology 

His first time doing this!? Randy was awesome. Could listen to these stories for hours. He has a presense and great way of telling his ancestors stories.

Nick, appreciate you videos and your passion for sharing knowledge. But this video is a special type of gift. Thanks for introducing us to Randy. He is a treasure.

This is genuinely fascinating. Thank you Mr. Lewis. Nicely done Nick.

Absolutely wonderful !! Thanks!

Amazing! Thank you so much! Love from Bulgaria

Just finished the video, "The Winter's Tale". Thank you for bringing this to us, and thank you to Randy Lewis For his work preserving and sharing these perspectives.

Big respect for the Native people, traditions and stories. Thank you Nick 👍

Thank you Randy Lewis ! (And Nick z .) - for all the little things...

This was wonderful!

Wonderful show Nick and Randy! I look forward to learning more from the both of you.

Thanks a lot. Very interesting. And the film was very beautiful.❤

I watched the last part live on my tv. Splendid ! Great to listen to Randys stories ! I don't think if I watch on tv then it registers as a joiner as I can't chat subscribe.

I love the native stories. Could Randy share more please.

Cultural anthropology so fascinating!

Listening in May, 2021. Bless Randy Lewis and all those keeping the flames not only lit, but VIBRANT. An amazing, poignant, spiritual lesson for us. How. Special. Thank you.

Very interesting! Thank you gentlemen.

Nick, I so much enjoyed your guest, Randy Lewis (K'ayaxan)... this was a delightful episode. Cultural story telling is something I truly cherish. I hope you don't mind if I share a poem I wrote about a tributary of the Columbia, the Salmon River, a few years ago, inspired by my years in the Stanley, Idaho area... The River Of No Return Part I In America, flows a wild river… called The River Of No Return A place where I had the great privilege of many life lessons to learn The incredible beauty of nature, and life’s harsh realities too The unending importance of balance… understood, it would seem, by too few The heart of the Frank Church Wilderness, is a river so wild and so free Preserved for the sake of that freedom, a symbol for you and for me The famous, unknown, poor and wealthy… can sit on her banks, side by side Some draw lots just for the privilege, of her wild mountain rapids to ride Emerging from Earth, a small humble spring, in an alpine meadow serene Where butterflies float and columbine glow… jewels in a mantle of green Nature abounds ’round her white granite crown… and welcomes her in with each Spring Midst the wind in the trees and the buzzing of bees, where elk bugle and the wolves sing She gathers her strength, as she gurgles along, growing rapidly by leaps and bounds Joined by streams and by springs, from above and below, increasing her volume and sound As she tumbles downhill, it doesn’t take long, to reveal the great power she wields Sculptor of canyons, builder of meadows… moving mountains, replenishing fields Hallowed halls, are her great granite canyons, overflowing with God’s precious gifts Filled with His Flora and Fauna, bounded by meadows and forests and cliffs Where delicate ribbons of water cascade down from the rocks up above And steaming hot springs, from deep in the earth, offer the warmth of His Love Such a great and bountiful spirit… this magnificent mountain cascade Many have sought to tame her, just to prove that they were not afraid But her heart will belong to no man, tho’ many have heard her call Her grace and her beauty is boundless, a gift that belongs to us all From lush grassy banks, to high granite cliffs, to a well hidden fishing hole Many are those who have cherished her gifts, consuming her food for the soul Watched over by bighorn and eagles… from ever a high craggy perch Some folks called this vastness The Frank… I preferred just to call it The Church Part II Yes, there was a great river, called the River Of No Return Her banks hosted blankets of forests… many have already burned Barren hillsides that now are unable to hold back the cascading rain Innocent lives on the table… humanity blind to the pain And the elk and the moose and the mule deer, that call this vast drainage their home? How will they find a safe haven, with no verdant meadows to roam? The grizzly, the wolves and the black bears, tread tentatively on hallowed ground How long will it sustain them, as we watch nature crash all around? Do you know of the Chinook and Sockeye, that lend this wild river their name? Numbers so vast “you could cross on their backs” as they migrated back home again As the Sockeye Salmon were dwindling, their hope for the future got scary Until one fateful day all had passed away, save for one fish they dubbed Lonesome Larry It was a brutal 900 mile journey, from the sea to his high mountain home Three great rivers and eight dams behind him… how sad he arrived all alone But mankind was ready and waiting to capture this fish and his milt (sperm) A valiant effort, yet fleeting… warm water now makes their hopes wilt This is not just some idle fish story, to tell ’round the campfire at night It’s the tale of us all, if we don’t heed the call, to step up now and join in the fight Fight for the fish and the flowers, for the eagles and all that dwell here Fight for the balance of Nature, for your life, and for all you hold dear When will we all see the damage… the disruption destroying the land? When will we come to our senses… and stop drawing our lines in the sand? When will we get the big picture… understanding our part in the play? We are all joined as one, all life under the sun… why must we throw it away? Our lives are all like that great river… The River Of No Return Spent in pursuit of the passions, that deep within our hearts burn Each river bend may bring dreadful end… or yet one more lesson to learn The indisputable fact is there’s no turning back… on The River Of No Return Laura Marinangeli

Nick´s reaction to the F bomb is hilarious :D

Great lecture! Who made your cup? I am a potter and my partner is a geologist. We are enjoying your series.

Wondering about your set up for this broadcast?

Greetings from Oklahoma.

It's possible the Native peoples of the Washington area represent the original human migration from Siberia over 15000 years ago, maybe 20000 years or more. They would have seen the glacial retreat and possibly some glacial lake outburst floods.

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I enjoyed this one a lot Nick. There are important lessons embedded into these ancient myths/tales/legends.

I have so enjoyed your "at home" series... and this episode is a very special one. Randy Lewis is priceless. I love these stories. As a lifetime Washingtonian I have always felt connected and reverent to our amazing regional history, both through its people and its geology. My grandparents here in Renton were early immigrants from Europe. Yet, like Randy says, they'd always ask us upon arrival, "What stories have you to tell me? What's in your heart?" This has me rather choked up today. Thanks again for this wonderful series.

I had no surprise whatsoever that native peoples would have reflected the Missoula floods in their stories (and was delighted to hear the details), but as a historian type what pleases me most is that the stories are shared, and in this context documented, for any and many to see and learn from, perhaps long after everyone involved has moved on into time.

Even though I have crappy, rural internet and marginal computer skills, the password worked perfectly. A respectful thank you to The Keeper of The Stories for sharing Spexman. My he never be awakened! Now, back to our program...….

Nick and Randy, you two were amazing this morning! The teachings of the Wenatchi/P’squosa people and geologic understanding combined to really make the synapses in the ol' brain fire with connections. Thank you! From now on, whenever I drive or hike up this part of the Columbia I will be thinking about dragons and ryholite. Was too caught up in the moment to ask a question of you two: WHEN WE GO TO THESE SACRED PLACES (like Saddle Rock to hike, geek out/appreciate geology, plants, animals, the land and views, exercise, etc.) IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR WE SHOULD DO TO BE RESPECTFUL AND MINDFUL OF THESE SACRED PLACES?

I live in IL and are almost 60 and you do a great job. This is better then TV and todays news.

Thank you, Nick and Randy, for an amazing story. We all come from the Creator and sre all brothers and sisters of this Earth

Randy Lewis is Way-cool.. Awesome story teller. Like at 1:10:10 "Why is it, do you think, that Americans, and American Indians in particular, will never adopt the metric system?... "Because there's no metric equivalent to a whole f'n poop load"! Lol. I like that story of the coyote, fox and bulls about the black erratics dumped throughout the region too. That's their fault for sleeping though. Another awesome clip Mr. Nick!

Just found this amazing video tonight. Watched The Winters Tale as well. Just wow. WOW. These are the stories we need to hear. Thank you Randy for sharing the story of your People. What a Gift.

Outstanding. Love it. My grandfather would tell me and my brother stories like this from My Cherokee heritage. Thank you both.

I just watched The Winter's Tale; Dragon Spexman, and thoroughly enjoyed hearing about the ancient stories and where these converge with geology. Would love to see more of these Nick.

Could Cultural Permit Certificates be issued to elders and community leaders from Native tribes to conduct a range of activities and lead groups onto both private and state land. Some activities such as plant gathering and story telling would not be incompatible with other forms of land use. A bit like recognizing pre existing Native Title.

*SUBTITLE:* The perspective we needed in the week we needed it. *THE MYTH:* Coyote journeys to the mouth of the Columbia and makes a bargain with King Salmon to feed the people *provided* the salmon children are allowed to return to the sea. *THE PRACTICAL:* Building dugout canoes and harvesting and drying thousands of king salmon on Rock Island. The canoes were big enough to carry a wheeled wagon. *FOX TO COYOTE:* "I don't know about this. I don't know ..."

I love how Randy anchors his stories to geologic time. They’re not two realities for him.

What a show! Thanks Nick, you gotta love it.

Love ur videos and watching from Spokane Eastern Washington state. Ur videos are so awesome.! I am learning a lot from u. Sadly Spokane doesn't have no beautiful scenery at all. I am not from eastern Washington state. I have a huge interest in volcanoes, super volcanoes, earthquakes, fault lines, volcano rocks too.

I love every one of your livestreams. This one was something special and I am so glad you got to have Randy on. He is an excellent storyteller!

i love this man’s stories

One of your best videos. Thank you Randy and Nick for sharing your "stories" with us. As others have said - Just what I needed in our current situation! I feel bad for blacks folks that don't have the rich and ancient oral traditions of native Americans to understand their past and relate it to the present and future. You guys made my day!

You and Randy need to do a riverboat documentary of our area that would be nice

Love this love Randy. So very interesting. Do more! Do more!

"whitey killed 100,000,000 NA, and billions of animals".....wow! So much LOVE for Randy, and his people, such a great peoples. legend says woolly mammoth, sabre tooth tigers, and NA camels, etc. roamed before the flood/asteroid hit. wonder what they know of atlantis?

This was a wonderful treat. Thank you for sharing these amazing stories and the history.

Wow! Thank you for the wonderful precious , Randy Lewis!😃💗 🔥🐉💫💧✨🐉✨Rock🐉Bridge of Gods(?)✨Coyote💫Salomon🙏 May the culture be maintained! ❤💫❤💫❤

I have enjoyed this story telling. Thank You Both for information thats is shared

There are no words for the beauty of this talk story. I enjoy the story all the more as I just recently confirmed via DNA that our family story of Native American ancestry is true. For all that I know, K'ayaxan and I share ancestors from 16,000 years ago ! Wado.

I saw this the other day and I am so glad I did I am slowly watching all the videos I missed in replay This is now ; 1- 2-2022

WOW! What a great episode!! Thank you Randy and Nick.

Spexman is stirring in Washington D.C The people need to be coyote

I'm a close friend of Roy Wilson of the cowlitz tribe

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your stories Randy Lewis!

I love this. Geology and Anthropology, you might be rockin academia.

This is so great ❤️ Patrick ,age 7

sorri i missed the live stream-however just fini the replay- thank you K'ayaxan for your sharing- and thankyou Nick foor this brillant idea- brenda from Charleston SC

This has been fantastic! Two of my favorite worlds coming together to learn!

Have watched many of your older lectures and loved them. Will sub and follow you here now. Must catch up with all the ones I missed now. Thinking of retiring to Washington soon.

I just had to revisit! Even better the 2nd time around!! Thank you Randy and Nick for this wonderful conversation!!

Love this. Ekosi and Nakomek.

I could listen to these all day. Randy is a good story. Thanks Nick, more of this

Best one yet! We need more native input to the scientific explanations to bring the rocks to life and understanding.

I wish I'd been here to ask if they had stories tied to Mt. Mazama's big eruption

thank you for the history Randy- and thank you Nick for encouraging and witnessing!

If I could have picked a second path for my life, I would have picked Geology with you as my instructor. I got a BS in Engineering Physics from Oregon State in 1980. And an MD at USC in 1984. Finished my Anesthesiology Residency in 1987 in San Antonio TX. I grew up up my last few years of High School in Medford, Oregon. My family dated back to my Great-Grandfather who immigrated from Toronto, Canada to La Grande, Oregon in the 1920s. My parents had a cabin on the Rogue (not Rouge) River at Union Creek. I had a high school friend who pulled (and still does) a lot of Gold out of the Rogue. That’s why it’s entrance to the Pacific is called Gold Beach. I love your lectures about the geology of the PNW. The Crater Rock Museum in Central Point, Oregon a few miles NW of Medford is incredible. I lived there off and on, during HS and College years and never knew about it until about 8 years ago. Please recommend it to your students and listeners. It’s amazing. I have always been fascinated by the Plush OR area. And the Opal field in NW Nevada. I love the boondocks. I got that from my Dad. Thanks again for your enthusiasm and allowing to live vicariously through your experiences. BTW, I currently live in Amarillo TX which is about 25 miles NW of the 2nd largest Canyon in the US. ~ 850 feet deep. 250 M years of interesting geology there. It appears out of nowhere from the flat Llano Estacado (staked plain) CapRock of NW Texas. If you ever come through, I’d love to tag along if you visit the Canyon. Sincerely, MSM MD

from the heart … very moving

One of your better episodes Nick!!! Love Randy!!!

So fortunate to have Elders in your life’s journey. Pass it on. Traditions, battle against time. Man’s time on Earth very short. Envious of Earth Time.

Is there any way to connect me to Rock Lover in Bellevue, WA?

I just watched the Winter's Tale. Loved it so much I just donated to the Icycle Creek Center for the Arts! Hope they can make the next one about Coyote and the Salmon

Thank you for this wonderful lesson from another and better time.

Thank you so much Mr Zentner, a rare opportunity to hear echoes of the past straight from the metaphorical horses mouth. A priceless piece of work done script free by the roadside. Brilliant

Thank you Randy... Beautiful perspective. And thank you Nick.

I watched it also and bookmarked it to watch again.

WOW now I'd like to meet and hear more of Randy

I hope that "The Winter's Tale" can someday become a part of the native peoples museum in Washington DC.

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Great shout out to both of you guys. This was an amazing episode. Would love to see more of these (if you two are willing, of course). So much I've learned. Thank you very much for all your time and effort. I've still got a question though for.. @K'ayaxan (aka Randy): What is the name of the Columbia River in the Wenatchee language? I've been wondering about that for quite some time now. Naming something means power, of course, as I am sure you know. And the river being named after that .. well ruthless conqueror who got lost on his way over the Atlantic and claimed to have "discovered" a land that was already inhabited. So I guess it would be better to learn a different name if possible and if you are willing to share the name with a broader internet community of course. A name that doesn't pay homage to the wrong person..

Thank you! ...Its not my fault! Its Saint Andy's fault! Hopefully I can catch the live stream tomorrow, but there's supposed to be some weather including a small chance of the white stuff here in town, so we'll see. Really enjoyed listening to the local history! The Local perspective is always so enriching! I have never out grown being a kid, enjoying the Old Stories being told by The Old Ones over a hot cup of coffee or a cold glass of tea! What a great way to spend a few hours! Thanks to both of you!

Didn't have the chance to watch live, but it was awesome! Thanks Nick and Randy

there is an ongoing arch dig in Beaver County, ok, where natives had a buffalo kill site that was south of the Kansas ice sheet, over 10000 years ago, similar to Randy's stories thank you Randy

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Another Wisconsin watcher,sorry I missed the live

I think Randy is coyote reincarnate!

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twitch.tv/joeslicklive we are here nick thank you

Randy's stories are priceless.

Hi, I'm Anna. I stumbled across your videos and I LOVE them. I am slowly working my way through. I have a post graduate degree in a completely different area and your videos are very instructional. If i had all the time and money in the world then I would probably go and get a geology degree! Thank you so much for posting and making these accessible to the public.

Thank you for bringing this to the fore front Nick... I so enjoyed Randy and your stories... My group, all though little so far, loves your material.

I’m SO glad I found your channel. I’ve been watching your lecture videos, and can’t wait to hear more interesting geology facts!

I wish you had been my Geology Prof. I loved Geology but my Prof. showed up once in a while, spoke for a few minute and then turned the lecture over to grad asst.

I loved this so much. I love the stories of Coyote. My two favorite stories: The 3 sisters (Wallula Gap) and Tsagaglalal (She Who Watches). Thank you for having Randy Lewis as a guest!!

Thank you Nick and Randy, I really enjoyed your video and stories!

Watching for the first time just now - Mr. Lewis' story telling never disappoints! The Winter's Tale film was pretty wonderful. Thank you so much!

Absolutely wonderful. I wish that RL had some more stories about the volcanic pre-history too.

Thank you for this, wish I had caught it live stream. Mr. Lewis is charming.

I enjoyed the video, it recognizes the indigenous home and history of our ancestral stories as told by a brother Randy Lewis, who has direct lineage to our origin stories embedded to our connection to the land.